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Getting out of Hot Water!

We were given non-working electric hot water heater. I think it is 40 gallon, it is shorter than a standard type I have seen in the past.

I started taking it apart by removing everything from the front panels and making a couple cuts with my 4 inch angle grinder. One down the side seam and 1/3’d it on the top and bottom. Very thin sheet metal, cuts were quick and easy:

The bottom had 1 inch thick Styrofoam glued to it and the rest was spray foam.

Took me about 45 minutes to get it all off:

Going to recycle the rest:

Not sure what I am going to do with the tank yet. Looking like either a Driveway roller for the Tractor or a smoker…